http://www.berkshireeagle.com/ci_9572599NASHUA, N.H. — With staggering gas prices climbing by the day, Sen. John McCain told rally-goers yesterday that nuclear power must be embraced as an option to end the country's dependence on foreign oil.
"Nuclear power has to be part of any resolution we have on this issue," McCain said, going out of his way on several occasions to make a pitch for nuclear energy and even crediting France.
He also renewed his call to Sen. Barack Obama to join him for 10 informal town hall debates this summer, a challenge to which he said his opponent has yet to respond.
The presumptive GOP nominee's comments came on the same day that the University of Massachusetts' board of trustees voted to create a task force to study how Massachusetts can tap into worldwide interest in nuclear research and power.
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